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Cambodia confronts cancer crisis amid food safety concerns, calls for stricter border checks
Every 40 minutes, one Cambodian dies from cancer – a grim reality announced by Prime Minister Hun Manet recently. Experts caution that contaminated imported food could contribute to the issue. To safeguard public health, the government is stepping up inspections of imported meat and vegetables ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/cambodia-confronts-cancer-crisis-amid-food-safety-concerns-calls-for-stricter-border-checks/
“One death every 40 minutes” – Cambodia unveils plan to tackle cancer crisis
Prime Minister Hun Manet has ordered stricter inspections of imported vegetables and meat, calling for broader public education on the prevention of cancer, as cancer kills one Cambodian every 40 minutes—or about 38 lives each day. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/one-death-every-40-minutes-cambodia-unveils-plan-to-tackle-cancer-crisis/
Health minister: Cancer mortality rate worryingly high in Cambodia
In Cambodia, around 20,000 new cancer cases are reported annually, with approximately 14,000 deaths from the disease each year. This number may be lower than in other countries, but it is still high when the Kingdom’s population of 17 million is taken into consideration. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-minister-cancer-mortality-rate-worryingly-high-in-cambodia
Women’s Cancer Hospital to Open in Phnom Penh in 2015
The construction of a new $17.5 million women’s cancer hospital specializing in gynecological services will break ground this summer, one of the co-founders said yesterday. Janne Ritskes, the director of Tabitha Cambodia, an organization that works to improve the lives of poor Cambodians, said the 220-bed ...
